This section is from the book "Three Meals A Day", by Maud C. Cooke. Also available from Amazon: Three Meals a Day.
1 pound powdered lavender, ¼ pound gum benzoin powdered, 1-6 ounce oil of lavender. Mix.
¼ pound rose leaves, 2 ounces tonquin, ground fine; ¼ pound pulverized orris root, 1 ounce vanilla, ½ grain musk, 2 drops otto of almonds. Mix by sifting through a coarse sieve.
Fill a wide-mouthed bottle with freshly gathered rose leaves. Pour spirits of wine over them, cork the bottle and let stand until required for use; its perfume is nearly equal to ottar of roses.
 
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